*TODAY IN HISTORY*
Welcome to the first episode of ‘Today in History where significant events that took place on each date of the calendar are highlighted Please stay tuned every 8 am for new episodes.
*October 18*
*1356:* Bazel Switzerland was destroyed by a 6+ mag earthquake
*1867:* United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million
*1890:* John Owen became the 1st man to run 10yd in under 10sec
*1922:* The British Broadcasting Company (Later Corporation) was founded
*1931:* Inventor Thomas Edison whose inventions include: Phonograph, Light bulb, Motion picture etc. died at age 84
*1939:* Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy was born
*1980:* Jean- Claude Van damme popularly known as Van damme was born.
*2011:* Gilad Shailt an Israeli soldier was exchanged for 1000 Palestinian prisoners after been held prisoner by Hamas militants for 5yrs‎
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Some pics taken on this date
1st pics: Micheal Jordan in his dorm room 1983
2nd pics: A man clubs a burning man during violence in soweto, South Africa, 1990
3rd pics: Black Kids watching as white kids play in a whites only park, 1956
4th pcs: Burmese kayan women in London looking at a Grenadier guard, 1935

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*
*OCTOBER 19*
*1739:* England declares war on Spain
*1870:* 1st (4) blacks elected to U.S House pf Reps
*1872:* World largest gold nugget (215kg) found in New South Wales
*1879:* Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light
*1915:* Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria
*1932:* Henry Ford gave his 1st radio speech
*1934:* General Yakubu Gowon (former head of state of Nigeria) was born
*1969:* Martin Luther King arrested in Atlanta
*1983:* Martin Luther King j.r’s became a public holiday
*1986:* Dele Giwa (Nigerian journalist, founder and editor of Newswatch magazine) was found
*2005:* Saddam Hussein’s trial begins in Iraq

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*
*OCTOBER 20*
*1955:* The Return of the king , the final book of in the “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” trilogy is published
*1981:* Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan leader (from independence, 1963-78) & 1st President of Kenya is born
*1981:* James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize for his discovery of neutron in 1932, is born
*1964:* Herbert Hoover, 31st President of US (1929-33), dies in NY at 90
*1971:* International rapper Calvin Broadus popularly known as ‘SNOOP DOGG’ is born
*1973:* The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II
*2011:* Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi, Libyan revolutionary& dictator (1969-11) beaten to death by Misratan militia at 68
*RIDDLE OF THE DAY*
From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place
What am i?
(Answer in the next episode)
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RARE PICTURES OF THE DAY
1st pics: Muhammad Ali helps talk a suicidal man off the ninth floor of a high-rise structure in Los Angeles 1981
2nd pics: This list of reasons for admission to a lunatic asylum in the 1800s reads like a list of potential metal band name
3rd pics: One of the first flight simulators

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yinkarh187:
*TODAY IN HISTORY*
*OCTOBER 20*
*1955:* The Return of the king , the final book of in the “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” trilogy is published
*1981:* Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan leader (from independence, 1963-78) & 1st President of Kenya is born
*1981:* James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize for his discovery of neutron in 1932, is born
*1964:* Herbert Hoover, 31st President of US (1929-33), dies in NY at 90
*1971:* International rapper Calvin Broadus popularly known as ‘SNOOP DOGG’ is born
*1973:* The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II
*2011:* Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi, Libyan revolutionary& dictator (1969-11) beaten to death by Misratan militia at 68
*RIDDLE OF THE DAY*
From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place
What am i?
(Answer in the next episode)
*COMPILED BY: @THORyeab_neverlies

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Coldplay89:
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*TODAY IN HISTORY*
*OCTOBER 21*
*1492:* Christopher Columbus discovers America (oct 12 1492, Julian calendar)
*1790:* The Tricolor is chosen as the official flag of France
*1879:* Thomas Edison made the first fully functional light bulb (it lasted 13.5hrs before burning out)
*1944:* During World War II, US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
*1948:* UN rejects Russia proposal to destroy atomic weapons
*1950:* Chinese forces occupy Tibet
*1950:* Death Penalty abolished in Belgium
*1992:* Madonna book “sex” goes on sale
*1994:* North Korea signs pact to halts nuclear weapons program and agree to international inspection

*BRAIN TEASER OF THE DAY*
Two cars set off from the same point to travel the same journey, the 1st car set off 2 mins before the 2nd, if the 1st car travels at 40km/h and the 2nd at 90km/h. How many km from the starting point will they draw level?
(ans to the last riddle is the letter “E”)
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yinkarh187:
Wikipedia

Didnt u see the red highlight my friend? Everything else in the Wikipedia is correct, I am not disputing them. But, was he really born in *1981*?

Coldplay89:
Didnt u see the red highlight my friend? Everything else in the Wikipedia is correct, I am not disputing them. But, was he really born in *1981*?

oops thanks it's 1891